TV Apprentice star Charleine Wain has shaved off her blonde locks to raise funds for her son's charity appeal.

The Wain family, from Plymouth, hold a raffle every year to fundraise for Derriford's Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) who provided care for their premature son Caylan before he sadly of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2007.

To mark the 10th anniversary of his passing, Caylan's twin Ethan wanted to do something special and asked parents Scott and Charleine if he could shave his head to raise money, the Plymouth Herald reports.

In his head shave video, broadcast live on Facebook, Ethan added: "Caylan never really grew any hair because he was three months old so I want to look the same as him."

Charleine Wain shaves her head for charity

Charleine continued: "Scott and Ethan both did it and then at about 7.30ish I said if we reach £1,500 in the next hour I'll shave my head too, not thinking we'd actually do it - it had taken a couple of days to reach the £900 mark!"

Unfortunately for Charleine, but fortunately for their appeal, the family smashed their target an hour later and, insisting she'd be true to her word, Charleine braved the shave in a video now watched over 20,000 times.

"I'm still in shock," laughed Charleine, a former hairdresser, "I never expected I'd be shaving all my hair off! Ethan's absolutely chuffed with the money we've raised.

"Even though after several operations Caylan became fit enough to come home with us, we sadly lost him to the angels with sudden infantry death. We'll treasure those few months forever and will always be eternally grateful to the ward."